At Friday’s press conference, Frederic told reporters, “Over the next couple of days she won’t even know she lost her leg, she won’t even feel it. Eventually she will feel it and then she will ask me and its going to be a tough moment to tell her.”

Doctors at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center decided on the procedure after an MRI revealed the infection had gone into the bone.

The operation lasted just over an hour.

Following the press conference, Frederic tells RadarOnline.com exclusively, “I saw her after the surgery and she looks ok, she is still sleeping. She has to stay in the hospital for a while.”